To Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova. Petrograd
Petrograd Side, Shiroky Street, House No. 48/9, Apt. 24.

Petrograd. Russie. Petrograde
Ulianow. Seidenweg. 4aIII. Berne
Berne, 7/X. 1915.

Dear Mother! We moved to Berne a few days ago with Nadia. We wanted to stay longer in Sorenberg,337 but snow had already fallen there, and it was impossibly cold. This autumn is cold, and the climate in Sorenberg is alpine. Here we found a good room, with electricity and a bath for 30 francs. Nadia has recovered fairly well; the heart palpitations have passed;
she was even able to go to the mountains; let's just hope the Graves' disease doesn't return.

How are you getting on? Have you settled in well for winter? Are you well and is the apartment warm? We thank Anyuta very, very, very much for the book, for the most interesting collection of pedagogical publications, and for the letter***.  I wrote to her

* V. I. Lenin is referring to his article "Karl Marx," the honorarium for which was given to M. I. Ulyanova personally. — Ed.

** See Collected Works, 5th ed., vol. 49, pp. 48-49. — Ed.

*** Evidently a letter written in sympathetic ink. — Ed.

about the publisher and am awaiting a reply.338 How is Manyasha? If you can, forward this letter to her; I would very much like to hear from her. Give or forward warm greetings to Mitya and Mark. I shall be very grateful for the subscription to *Rech'* (Anyuta writes that she intends to subscribe to it). We see very few Russian newspapers, books, and pamphlets—very few indeed—and we hunger greatly for them.

Did Anyuta receive my list of "desirables" that I sent to her long ago? (i.e., desirable Russian books). I embrace and kiss you warmly, and Anyuta as well, and Nadia too.

Your V. Ulyanov

in the journal

1916

First published in 1930

*Proletarskaya Revolutsiya* No. 4

Printed from the manuscript